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I like to ride my bicycle - for long distances. I have earned the California Triple Crown and finished the Furnace Creek 508. My goals include qualifying for RAAM and ...(read the blog to find out). "The bicycle has a soul. If you are able to love it as it deserves, it will give you emotions you will never forget." "Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride."
"The important decisions in my life I make while out riding my bike."
"Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever.” Lance Armstrong
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Friday, December 31, 2004
Yes, it rained and yes I did thrity miles in wet, cold weather. But, now I feel good. Riding toward home at the end of the ride, a car beeped at me because I was too far into the lane of travel. But this was a good thing as monment later, the driver's door of a white van opened right in front of me and the only reason I missed it was because I was in the lane of travel. Thursday, December 30, 2004
I have a three day weekend, so of course I want to ride all three days. But, it looks like it will be a wet weekend. The weekend forecast is ... Friday: Showers likely early...then rain likely in the afternoon. Patchy fog in the morning. Highs around 45. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph. New Years Day: Rain likely. Highs 40 to 45. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Sunday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Highs around 40. We will see how much I ride... Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Another ride with the group from Scott's Cycling. Tonight was special, warm and dry. We headed out to the east of Salem and rode in the flat lands. The weather was so nice no one wanted to turn around and head home. Life is good. Tuesday, December 21, 2004
I rode with the group from Scott's Cycling, which is always a fast and exciting ride. I got dropped at the run up to the Keizer Stadium hill. I was in serious oxygen debt! Later, in when we were returning to Keizer, the rider in front of me hit a giant of a pot hole and nearly when down. I managed to swing to the left to advoid him, and the lights falling off of his bike. Luckly, the worst he suffered was a flat front tire. Monday, December 20, 2004
A Bicycle Zen Proverb A Zen teacher saw five of his students returning from the market, riding their bicycles. When they arrived at the monastery and had dismounted, the teacher asked the students, "Why are you riding your bicycles?" The first student replied, "The bicycle is carrying the sack of potatoes. I am glad that I do not have to carry them on my back!" The teacher praised the first student, "You are a smart boy! When you grow old, you will not walk hunched over like I do." The second student replied, "I love to watch the trees and fields pass by as I roll down the path!" The teacher commended the second student, "Your eyes are open, and you see the world." The third student replied, "When I ride my bicycle, I am content to chant nam myoho renge kyo." The teacher gave praise to the third student, "Your mind will roll with the ease of a newly trued wheel." The fourth student replied, "Riding my bicycle, I live in harmony with all sentient beings." The teacher was pleased, and said to the fourth student, "You are riding on the golden path of non-harming." The fifth student replied, "I ride my bicycle to ride my bicycle." The teacher sat at the feet of the fifth student and said, "Ahh.... I am your student!"
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